Rhadinopsylla pentacantha (Rothschild, 1897)
(a small rodent flea)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhadinopsylla pentacantha (a small rodent flea)
GenusRhadinopsylla (a genus of mammal fleas)
FamilyCTENOPHTHALMIDAE (a family of fleas)
OrderSIPHONAPTERA (fleas)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Rhadinopsylla pentacantha (a small rodent flea) :
1: Rhadinopsylla pentacantha (a small rodent flea)
23 Apr 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female reared from mouse or vole nest collected on 14th March
Image 1: Female - head and pronotum - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 3: Female - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background

Rhadinopsylla pentacantha (a small rodent flea) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhadinopsylla pentacantha (a small rodent flea)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhadinopsylla pentacantha (a small rodent flea)
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